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Abiodun Appoints Tunde Onakoya Sports Ambassador

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2024

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has appointed Mr. Tunde Onakoya, the National Master of Chess and the current Guinness World Record Holder for the longest Chess Marathon in history, the Sports Ambassador of the State. Governor Abiodun, who made this known on Thursday when he received

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Trilogies of Heat, Hate And Love

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2024

By Kunle Awosiyan It was the anniversary of Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1975 but a celebration of slugfest in Phillipine between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Dubbed Thrilla in Manila, the epic fight changed the face of boxing when two gladiators, Ali 33; Frazier 31 stepped into the ring as young men but left […]

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Akpabio hails Tunde Onakoya, new world chess record holder

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2024

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON has congratulated Nigeria’s Tunde Onakoya for setting a new world chess record and etching the country on the world map. Akpabio’s congratulatory message was signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh and released on Sunday in Abuja. The Senate President described […]

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The Charm Joshua Needs From Ali

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2024

By Kunle Awosiyan In my years of fraternity with boxing, I have come to a conclusion that what made Mohammad Ali the greatest goes beyond skills, it encompasses his charm. Of course he is one the gifted boxers, his charming life created a deep and wide gully that separated him from other boxers. A few […]

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Super Falcons Qualify For Paris Olympic Female Football Tournament 

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2024

Super Falcons of Nigeria have qualified for the female football event of the summer Olympics in Paris. On Tuesday, 9 April, 2024, the Super Falcons played a goalless draw with their South African counterparts, Banyana Banyana and qualified on 1-0 aggregate score having won the first leg played in Abuja on Friday, 5 April, 2024. […]

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Financial mess in Boxing Federation, stakeholders indict Oladapo Akinyele, solicit Sports Minister’s intervention

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2024

Boxing, as administered by the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF), has become a cesspool of corruption and maladministration for sometime now. More recently, when you thought the Federation could not dig itself deeper, it just found another level of appalling descent. It is no longer news that the Federation has ceased from organizing competitions or camping […]